New coronavirus can probably can be passed person to person- WHO

May 12, 2013|Reuters

RIYADH, May 12 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation(WHO) said on Sunday it appeared likely that the novelcoronavirus, which has killed 18 people in Saudi Arabia andEurope, could be passed from person to person.

WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda, speaking aftera visit to Saudi Arabia, told reporters in Riyadh: "Of mostconcern is the fact that the different clusters seen in multiplecountries increasingly support the hypothesis that when there isclose contact, this novel coronavirus can transmit from personto person."

(Reporting by Angus McDowall, Writing by William Maclean;Editing by Angus MacSwan)